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For Show in Parma

Until January 6 Parma is hosting Foodscapes—Art & Gastronomy, a lively province-wide show on food in the contemporary arts.
Mimi Murphy
12.11.07
Keywords
mimi murphy,
culinary culture,
italy
travel + culture

Nostalgia by the Cup

If I want to feel like a revolutionary, or a poet, or both, Kolkata's Indian Coffee House (15 Bankim Chatterjee Street) is the place to be.
Karen Coates
12.04.07
Keywords
restaurants,
asia,
thailand,
karen coates
travel + culture

A Not So Secret Garden

Florid until the early 20th century, the Monastic garden in Rome eventually deteriorated in ruins until a decade ago, when it was restored.
Mimi Murphy
12.03.07
Keywords
rome,
italy,
europe,
mimi murphy
travel + culture

In Kenya, New Money Mixes With Low-Key Luxury

Like your grandmother's country house, Rondo Retreat is of another time, but nothing about it was done on the cheap.
Jocelyn C. Zuckerman
11.30.07
Keywords
hotels,
africa,
jocelyn c. zuckerman
travel + culture

The Best of the Wurst

I'm partial to a good wurst. It's in my genes. A brat, a Hefeweizen, and a side of kraut make for a very happy me.
Ian Knauer
03.02.07
Keywords
ian knauer,
restaurant notes,
germany
travel + culture

Belgium’s New Counter Culture

In Antwerp, the city's best restaurant right now is GinFish, a tiny little place in an old brick house just steps from the magnificent Grote Markt.
Alexander Lobrano
11.26.07
Keywords
restaurants,
europe,
seafood,
alexander lobrano
travel + culture

Key Notes: Loisium Hotel, Langenlois, Austria

Steven Holl has designed a wine center and hotel, a colorful, pierced-aluminum clad structure that seems to hover above the rolling landscape.
Kate Winslow
11.23.07
Keywords
hotels,
europe,
travel,
kate winslow
travel + culture

Key Notes: The Onion Store, Hampshire, England

The Onion Store has become one of the most sought-after B&Bs in London's hinterland.
Guy Dimond
11.23.07
Keywords
hotels,
u.k.,
travel
travel + culture

Sisters are Baking it on Their Own

This sweet shop on Madrid's Calle del Codo is run, in that great Spanish tradition, by nuns. Cloistered nuns.
Lisa Abend
11.23.07
Keywords
cookies,
dessert,
pastry,
spain,
travel
travel + culture

Gourmet Market

Bounty. It has a proper name: Gourmet Market. It has a distinct location: Bangkok's Siam Paragon mega mall.
Karen Coates
11.21.07
Keywords
shopping,
supermarket,
travel,
asia,
thailand